In a mid week match in week 5, on Monday Sep 5th, Gazişehir Gaziantep will travel to İstanbul to battle Galatasaray in a clash of the Super Lig. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Galatasaray is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Trabzonspor. Neither Trabzonspor nor Galatasaray could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Galatasaray is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while gazişehir Gaziantep is fresh off their 5-2 win against Antalyaspor. Joao Figueiredo scored the first goal for Gazişehir Gaziantep in the 28th minute, then Haji Wright got the equalizer for Antalyaspor in the 30th minute on a feed from Fredy , but luckily for Gazişehir Gaziantep it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Gazişehir Gaziantep is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Gazişehir Gaziantep is fortunate enough to have Joao Figueiredo in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Bafetimbi Gomis has been the most effective weapon for Galatasaray lately. The French attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches.